{"product_id":"adventures-in-yiddishland-9780520258112","title":"Adventures in Yiddishland","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAdventures in Yiddishland \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the transformation of Yiddish in the six decades since the Holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of Jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value. With a thorough command of modern Yiddish culture as well as its centuries-old history, Jeffrey Shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary encounters with the language. His study traverses the broad spectrum of people who engage with Yiddish—from Hasidim to avant-garde performers, Jews as well as non-Jews, fluent speakers as well as those who know little or no Yiddish—in communities across the Americas, in Europe, Israel, and other outposts of \"Yiddishland.\" \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jeffrey Shandler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43878372933750,"sku":"9780520258112","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/adventures-in-yiddishland-9780520258112","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}